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April 1, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists | Episode #007 | "Betcha D…

Kids -- as recently as 2009, or in the Pete Rose days of 1989, or even back in the Black Sox days of 1919 -- were told that betting on baseball was bad. It was illegal. It was precarious. And …

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March 22, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists | Episode #006 - "Aderall:…

In 2005, about 5.4 percent of the total adult male population in the United States was found to suffer from ADHD. In MLB, however, the rate—as determined by looking at “therapeutic use exemptions” — seems closer to 10 percent.

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March 15, 2022

PURITY RING | Episode #005 | "Did Teddy Baseball Introduce Meth To ML…

Did Boston's favorite slugger bring meth to Major League Baseball? Returning servicemen who found that the drugs gave them a jolt playing recreational games brought them home from overseas.

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March 10, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists | Episode #004 - "LSD No-N…

This story….always sets the baseball purists off…It's a story almost too good to be true. June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis tossed a no-hitter against the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego with a head full of acid — …

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March 1, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists | Episode #003 - "May 3rd …

It was simply titled: the “May 3rd, 2005” article in the San Francisco Chronicle. A former MLB pitcher is quoted extensively about his use of steroids back in the 1960s and 1970s. And - like a true crime-y type of …

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Feb. 22, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists | Episode #002 - Pittsburg…

Probably the clearest evidence that the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball did not start in the mid-90's with steroids, comes in the form of the Pittsburgh drug trials, a scandal which rocked MLB a decade earlier. - Are there …

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Jan. 29, 2022

PURITY RING | Pissing Off Baseball Purists with Bower | Episode #001

The pilot episode of the BRAND NEW podcast from Real Guy Radio. Uncovering the impurity that Baseball purists love to hate. One - ONLY one - player was voted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown. And 4 record …

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